Tweet App developers, retailers and others using Google’s Shopping API will have to go without starting next week. As part of its big “spring cleaning” effort (the same one that shuttered Google Reader), the search giant said it would completely shut down its Shopping API on Sept. 16. For e-commerce players, the API has provided access to product data like pricing, online availability, descriptions, photos, product codes and more. And,…

Tweet Pricegrabber, a comparison shopping site that’s been around for more than a decade, is bringing in some new blood. On Monday, the company said it had acquired Snapette, a 500 Startups-backed mobile shopping app with a focus on discovering local fashion. The companies declined to share financial details on the deal, but said while the startup’s team of nine will join the Los Angeles-based company, Snapette’s brand and app…

Tweet Facebook is looking to get back into the mobile payments game by launching a new service. This will supposedly let buyers checkout at selected digital retailers using their Facebook account. Read more… Neowin

Tweet In the ever-expanding world of ecommerce, one thing rings true no matter where you go: people love to shop online for a bargain. Companies made a big bet a few years ago that the “flash deal” website — microsales on products popularized by places like Gilt, Fab.com and One Kings Lane — would be the best way to offer a steal without wrecking the bottom line. And while these…

Tweet Everyone wants to figure out how to use social media for brands to sell more products. But Wanelo CEO Deena Varshavskaya has a broader definition of social shopping that doesn’t just mean tweeting out what you’ve bought after you complete a transaction. “I think today, we’re still in a world where we have brands telling us what we neeed to know about a brand’s individual products,” she said at the Glimpse…